first draft of film

First draft of film

screen shots

I have also used shots like these in which Michael wakes up and sits up straight, looking around wondering where he his.

screen shots

I have used these side and high angle shots in my film, i think they are very useful and conventional within in a hospital scene.

clock scene

With the clock scene I made it harder for myself, by filming a clock for around an hour, instead of just using a setting on the clock to make the hands move around faster, but then i used a time stretch tool to make the time seem like its gone by really quick. So i have stretched 1 hour of footage into 10 seconds.

influences

For the coma scene i was heavily influenced by the coma scene in Kill Bill, as i think its one of the best scenes in the film, i tried to make this scene as realistic as possible by using the hospital equipment and the nurses.
Unfortunately i couldnt find a clip of the scene from Kill Bill, but it did give me the idea for the scene i am using.

shooting schedule

Shots of Michael at Boothferry park filmed 7th November
Shots at the record shops filmed 11th November
Scene between Michael and man with the mobile phone filmed 13th November
The shot of the clock filmed on the 18th November
Phone call scenes filmed on Sunday 20th November
Hospital scenes filmed on Friday 2nd December

context

Context: I was involved in everything in the film from directing, planning, and being cameraman. My chosen film will appeal to an older audience of 20 to 35, because the genres used within my film are stereotypically unappealing for people my age, which is why I wanted to challenge myself and the mainstream audience, although it has that element of being in different time zones which I hope would entertain the audience. This also means that because the film is targeting an older audience, they will spend more money on it by e.g. going to the cinema and buying it on DVD, instead of illegally downloading.

Aims

Aims: My aim is to create a sequence of a film called ‘Golden Years’ which its main genre is Sci-fi with comedy and mystery as its sub genres, as it has elements of films already used for these genres such as the TV drama ‘Life On Mars, although I think, nothing like this has really been done before. I hope to give the audience the feeling of surrealism and make them think they’re living the main characters life. I will be using ‘Golden Years’ by David Bowie as my background song, also using the idea from the programme Life On Mars, other influences were Kill Bill with the coma scene, I have used similar aspects of cinematography from volume 1 with the scene I am using for my film. I will be using many over the shoulder shots to make the audience feel as if they are on the journey with Michael, along with close up/medium close ups to show the characters reactions and emotions, which is important as we want to see Michaels feelings when finding out he’s missed most of his life.

film animatic

screenplay

Screenplay

Scene 1

Exterior (in the street) –high angle shot of Michael on laid on the road after being knocked down by a car.

Scene 2

Interior (at the hospital) – High angle shot of Michael laid in a hospital bed in a coma

Scene 3

Interior (at the hospital) – Diegetic sound of 2 doctors talking about Michael’s coma, medium close up, shot reverse shot pattern. “Look he’s been in a coma for 35 years I don’t think he’s ever going to wake up now”.

Scene 4

Interior  (at the hospital)– Diegetic sound of the 2 doctors again talking about Michael, shot reverse shot pattern. “But it could work either way, he could wake up in 5 minutes, you never know”.

Scene 5

Interior (at the hospital) -  medium close up of a clock going by 1 hour 30 minutes, speeded up

Scene 6

Interior (at the hospital) – after an hour and a half, Michael wakes up out of the coma, medium long shot. Diegetic shot “Where am I, why am I at the hospital?”

Scene 7

Interior (at the hospital) -  Medium long tracking shot of Michael walking out of the ward of the hospital.

Scene 8

Interior (at the hospital) – Medium long tracking shot of Michael walking out of the exit in the hospital.

Scene 9

Exterior (in the town centre) – Over the shoulder shot of Michael walking down the street

Scene 10

Exterior (in the town centre) – Medium long shot of Michael walking to the record shop to realise its closed

Scene 11

Exterior (in the town centre) – Medium close up of the HMV sign

Scene 12

Interior (in the shop) – Medium close up of Michael walking into HMV, looking at a CD

Scene 13

Interior (in the shop)– close up on the CD

Scene 14

Exterior (walking down the street) – Medium long panning shot of Michael walking into Boothferry Park

Scene 15

Exterior (old football stadium) – Point of view shot of the old Boothferry Park

Scene 16

Exterior (old football stadium) – Long shot of Boothferry park as it is now, knocked down

Scene 17

Exterior (new football stadium) – Establishing shot of the KC stadium

Scene 18

Exterior (new football stadium) – Long shot of the people arriving for the Hull City match at the KC stadium

Scene 19

Exterior (down the street) – Zoom into close up of Michael trying to use the telephone box

Scene 20

Exterior (down the street) – Medium close up of Michael trying to use the telephone box “excuse me do you know where the nearest telephone box is?”

Scene 21

Exterior (down the street) – Close up of the mobile phone “How do you use it?”

“type the numbers on the keypad and dial the person you require and it will call who you want”

Scene 22

Interior (at Margarets house) – Medium close up of Michael and his mum, she gets a shock when she hears his voice

Scene 23

Interior (at Margarets house) – Close up of Margaret’s face shocked “Michael is that you”

Scene 24

Exterior (down the street) – Close up of Michael “why do you sound so shocked like you haven’t my voice in ages, I need to talk to you, everything is really weird, everything has changed”

Scene 25

Interior (at Maragrets house) – Close up of Margaret “that’s because I haven’t heard your voice in ages, 35 years to be exact, I’m so glad you woke up from the coma”

Scene 26

Exterior (down the street) – Close up of Michael “COMA 35 YEARS! What happened, what year is it?”

Scene 27

Interior (at Margarets house) – close up on Margaret “You had a crash Michael, you went into a coma, you’re 56 now”

Scene 28

Exterior (down the street) – close up on Michael “are you serious, what am I going to do, I’ve missed 35 years of my life”

Scene 29

Interior (At Margarets house) – Close up on Margaret “well can you come and see me”

Scene 30

Interior (At Michaels house) – Medium close up of Michael looking in the mirror realising he looks a lot older

Scene 31

Exterior (at the job centre) – Dissolve effect showing Michaels thoughts “Im going to have to get a job, I haven’t worked in 35 years

Scene 32

Exterior (shot of a car) – “If I have to get around everywhere, I’m going to have to buy a new car, with the money I don’t have and if this is what put me in the coma, I don’t think I ever want to get back in one”

Scene 33

Exterior (shot of his house) – “I’m going to have to start my life all over again, start a family, buy a house, with the money I’m never going to get, I CANT DO THIS”

Scene 34

Interior (shot of Michael in bed) – medium close up of Michael wakes up realising it was all a dream, but is surrounded by all these gadgets

locations

This is the old Boothferry park, a location in which Michael goes to see the hull city game only to realise it has been knocked down.

This is location where the actual football game will take place as the KC stadium

characters

Random man with the phone played by Geoffrey Grice

Michaels Mum Margaret played by Margaret Grice

Michael Wilson played by Dean Grice

Nurse Grice played by Annette Grice

influences

I was influenced by Life on mars because of the fact the main character goes from being in 2006 to 1973
which is partly what im in doing in my film.

character list

Michael Wilson is the main character played by Dean Grice
Man with mobile phone played by Geoffery Grice
Michaels Mum played by Margaret Grice
2 doctors played by Annette Grice and Sarah Bolton

props

In scenes 3&4 medical props will be used such as a stethoscope and a hospital bed
a CD is used in scene 12&13 where Michael walks into a record shop
In scenes 14&15 Michael is holding a Hull City Programme
From scenes 19 to 28 a mobile phone is used

golden years lyrics

Golden years, golden years whop whop
Golden years, golden years whop whop
Golden years, golden years whop whop

Don't let me hear you say life's taking you nowhere, angel
Come get up my baby
Look at that sky, life's begun
Nights are warm and the days are young
Come get up my baby

There's my baby, lost that's all
Once I'm begging you save her little soul
Golden years, golden years whop whop
Come get up my baby

Last night they loved you, opening doors and pulling some strings, angel
Come get up my baby
In walked luck and you looked in time
Never look back, walk tall, act fine
Come get up my baby

I'll stick with you baby for a thousand years
Nothing's gonna touch you in these golden years, gold
Golden years, golden years whop whop
Come get up my baby

Some of these days, and it won't be long
Gonna drive back down where you once belonged
In the back of a dream car twenty foot long
Don't cry my sweet, don't break my heart
Doing all right, but you gotta get smart
Wish upon, wish upon, day upon day, I believe oh lord
I believe all the way
Come get up my baby
Run for the shadows, run for the shadows, run for the shadows in these golden years

There's my baby, lost that's all
Once I'm begging you save her little soul
Golden years, golden years whop whop
Come get up my baby

Don't let me hear you say life's taking you nowhere, angel
Come get up my baby
Run for the shadows, run for the shadows
Run for the shadows in these golden years

I'll stick with you baby for a thousand years
Nothing's gonna touch you in these golden years, gold
Golden years, golden years whop whop
Golden years, golden years whop whop
Golden years, golden years whop whop
Golden years, golden years whop whop
Golden years, golden years whop whop
Golden years, golden years whop whop
Golden years, golden years whop whop
Golden years, golden years whop whop
Golden years, golden years whop whop
Golden years, golden years whop whop


The song lyrics represent whats happening in the story, especially the line "dont let me hear you say your lifes taking you nowhere". The song name Golden Years also fits in with my story.

script

Scene 3

Doctor 1- "Look he's been in a coma for 35 years, i don't think he's ever going to wake up now"

Scene 4

Doctor 2- "But it could work either way, he could wake up in 5 minutes, you never know"

Scene 6

Michael - "Where am I? why am i at the hospital"

Scene 17

Michael - "Excuse me do you know where the nearest telephone box is?"

Random Man - "Its about a mile down the road, i tell you what why dont you use this?"

Michael - "Whats that?"

Random Man - "Its a mobile phone, you dial the number you require, and you can call anyone you want"

Michael - "Oh wow!"

Scene 19

Michael - "Mum, Hello?!"

Margaret - "Son, Michael is that you?"

Michael - "why do you sound so shocked, like you havent heard my voice in ages?! I need to talk you, everything is really weird, everything has changed"

Margaret - "Thats because I havent heard your voice in ages, 35 years to be exact, I'm so glad you woke up from the coma"

Michael - "COMA! 35 YEARS! what happened, what year is it?"

Margaret - "You had a crash Michael, you went into a com, its 2011, you're 56 years old now!"

Michael - "are you serious?! mam, what am i going to do with my life, I dont know whats happened for 35 years, how am I going to live my life"

Maragret - "First you need to get another job or get your old job back, we'll sort the rest out later, I'm so glad I can hear your voice again though, love you!"

Scene 29

Michael (voiceover) - "Get a job, i havent been working for 35 years, i dont know what to do!"

Scene 30

Michael (voiceover) - "If i have to get around everywhere I'm going to have to buy a new car, I have no money and i this is what put me in a coma in the first place, I dont ever want to get back in one"

Scene 31

Michael (voiceover) - "I'm going to have to start my life all over again. Start a family, buy a house, with the money, that i'm never going to get I CANNOT DO THIS!"

Storyboard

chosen song for film

I named the film 'Golden Years' after reseaching songs from 1976 in which my film is first set, and found this song by David Bowie and so i have decided to put this track in the background of the sequence i am filming.

practice shots

I decided not to use these shots because the framing is awful and the scenery has nothing to do with the action im supposed to be shooting.

The lighting on one of the shots deflects the audience from seeing the main action, and because of this i am going to reshoot.

setting/location

The first location will be set in a hospital, where Michael wakes up.
we then get a tracking shot of Michael walking out of the hospital.

The second location will be set in the town centre, where Michael walk goes to the record shop, to realise they dont sell vinyl anymore, he then realises another shop called HMV.

3rd location is outside boothferry park, Michael thinking Hull city still play there, but obviously it got knocked down

4th location is at the KC stadium where Hull City now play

the 5th location is at a telephone box where Michael tries to ring his mother, but it doesnt work, when he see's a man who lends him a mobile phone.

The 6th location is a part of Michaels dream where he goes to thw job centre.

costume

Michael will be wearing plain clothes e.g t-shirt and jeans, also wearing his hull city coat and scarf in the hull city scenes, because the whole of the story is set in a day, he will be wearing the same costume all through the film.

genre conventions

My film has a mix of genres, comedy, mystery and elements of sci-fi, because there is no time travel used, but its the fact that the character is missing 35 years of his life, and so its like he's gone into the future. My idea was influenced by television programmes such as 'Life On Mars' and 'Ashes To Ashes'. Science fiction is known more for its setting and how the characters got to that particular place, than the actual storyline. Most sci-fi films have a sub genre which is usually comedy, including films like 'Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy'.

Comedy is one of the oldest genres and is famous because of films such as 'carry on..' and well known actors which have made comedy highly prestigious like 'Laurel and Hardy'. Most comedies involve over exaggeration, and over lapping storylines in which something funny happens to every character. In my film, I want the comedy to be like I havent actually tried too hard to make it seem funny, I am going to use sarcastic/dark comedy, as I don't want to make it too much of a comedy as the film is actually about the character finding himself again. Other conventions of a comedy is mistaken identity, which could be seen as a big feature in my film, as he isn't exactly pretending to be somebody else, but his persona has changed without him knowing, which gives the conception of the bomb under the table theory, as the audience know what has happened to him, and can kind of guess what is going to happen to him, but he doesnt.

Mystery involves finding out a vital piece of information in this case my character finding out why everything around him has changed. Most mystery programmes/films are usually associated with murder. Which shows that my film is not so much mainly one genre but, has mixtures of lots of genres, which I think is a good thing because when films are based on just one particular genre, you can usually tell what is going to happen, it can also get a bit boring. The fact that the character is going into an era, that the audience understand makes it interesting because, they wonder how he is going to react.

I think the combination of genres work well together because they create something different, and because of the major in difference of the genres, I believe it will target all types of audiences.

Narrative structure

Equilibrium- A man in the 70's has a good life, he loves being single and independent, goes out clubbing one night having a good time.

Disruption- When he cant get home, he decides to drive, causing him to have a car crash and end up in hospital in a coma.

Quest- To find out why everything around him has changed, and how he can move on with his life after missing 35 years.

Protagonist- The main character Michael

Antagonist- The fact that michael has gone through time

story type

The wanderer- The character arrives in a new place and discovers a problem associated with it. In facing the problem she reveals why she left the last place, then attempts to move on again.

idea for film

Man in 1976 goes out clubbing and gets too drunk, he has no way of getting home but by driving, he gets out of control driving and crashes his car, the man ends up in hospital, the dorctor say he is in a coma and may never wake up. 35 years later he wakes up in 2011, he think something is strange is going on when he see's everyone else wearing a different style of clothes to him. When he gets home, he turns on the news to see UK riots have happened and its a decade since 9/11, he doesnt understand whats going on, until he goes into town and realises everything is different, he tries to buy a record, when the man in the shop tells him they dont sell records anymore, and he see's everyone using mobile phones and ipods.

brief

Develop an extended sequence from an imagined feature

• genre and its conventions
• Storytype
• Audience
• Synopsis
• Script/ Screenplay
• Storyboard + anamatic

because the genre of my film is a mixture of mystery/comedy/sci-fi it targets a wide audience varying from 17-35, for males and females.

I am going to take on the role of producing, directing and editing the whole film trailer.

I have learnt a lot from FM1, and so I am going to make my filming and cinematography look more professional by not making it look handheld. I am going to try and find a way of making a track for the camera to go on, when using tracking shots.